So, I'm glad I'm aware of the environmental impact of plastics. I do what I can to minimize my personal use of plastics, as well as reusing what does enter my life as much as possible.

That being said, there is a part of me that wishes I could go back to being ignorant of the problem. This is partly because it's so much bigger than me, and my personal actions are statistically nothing in the face of the petroleum industry. The other part is the 13 year old in me that now has the money to buy the Lego sets he wanted 30 years ago, and the Lego sets available now are freakin amazing. That 13 year old couldn't get the toys he wanted then because of being poor. He can't get them now because of the weight of the knowledge that what is already on my shelf will outlive me 100 times over, and I don't want to add any more plastic to my life